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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

变 [biàn]
  1. 1. verb [改变] change
    小城的面貌变了。
    The appearance of the town has changed.
  2. 2. verb [变成] become
    他变成熟了。
    He's become quite grown up.
  3. 3. verb [转换] transform
    变乡村为城市
    urbanize
  4. 4. noun turn of events
    情况可能有变。
    There may have been a change in circumstances.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

变 [biàn]
  1. 1. verb become different; change
    情况变了。
    The situation has changed.
    这地方变了样了。
    The place looks quite different now.
  2. 2. verb change into; become
    天气变暖和了。
    The weather became warmer.
    旱地变水田。
    Dry land has been turned into paddy fields.
    牛奶变酸了。
    The milk has gone sour.
  3. 3. verb transform; change; alter
    变废为宝
    change waste material into things of value; recycle waste material
    变害为利
    turn bane into boon
  4. 4. verb sell off (one's property)
    变产
    sell off one's property
  5. 5. adjective changeable; changed
    变态
    metamorphosis
  6. 6. noun an unexpected turn of events
    事变
    incident

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

变 [biàn]
  1. 1. 动 性质、状态或情况跟原来有了不同
    面貌变了
    天气变热了
    改变。
  2. 2. 动 使改变
    变落后为先进
    变废为宝
    变本加厉。
  3. 3. 名 突然发生的重大变化
    政变
    事变
    兵变。
  4. 4. 形 可以变化的；变化着或已经变化的
    变数
    变种。
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Examples

变被动为主动
regain the initiative
这地方变了样了。
The place looks quite different now.
变把戏的
conjurer; magician
把荒漠变为绿色的原野
turn the wilderness into green fields
过去满目苍凉的乡村，现在已经完全变了样。
The once desolate countryside has changed entirely.
从此，他变得更沉默了。
He has become even more reticent since then.
现在人们好像都变得大手大脚了。
It seems people have become very free with their money these days.
风色突然变了，由南往北刮。
The wind suddenly veered round to the north.
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Character Decomposition

亠
[tóu]		 +
+ 又
[yòu]

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